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Congressional District Requirements
(required signatures for the 2010 and 2012 General Election Ballot)

Petitions must be signed by a number of electors in each of one half of the Congressional Districts of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which Presidential electors were chosen. For the 2010 and 2012 General Election Ballot, 676,811 signatures are required.

In order to comply with sections 15.21 and 16.061, Florida Statutes, you will need to collect and have verified at 67,683 signatures obtained from voters residing in at least 7 Congressional Districts in Florida.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS	ACTUAL TOTAL VOTING	8% REQUIRED BY ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 FLORIDA CONSTITUTION	10% of 8% REQUIRED BY ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 FLORIDA CONSTITUTION
FIRST	348,488	27,879	2,788
SECOND	373,568	29,885	2,989
THIRD	273,544	21,884	2,188
FOURTH	362,262	28,981	2,898
FIFTH	461,985	36,959	3,696
SIXTH	401,826	32,146	3,215
SEVENTH	412,023	32,962	3,296
EIGHTH	351,760	28,141	2,814
NINTH	366,753	29,340	2,934
TENTH	322,491	25,799	2,580
ELEVENTH	272,710	21,817	2,182
TWELFTH	338,124	27,050	2,705
THIRTEENTH	384,000	30,720	3,072
FOURTEENTH	402,197	32,176	3,218
FIFTEENTH	389,893	31,191	3,119
SIXTEENTH	374,855	29,988	2,999
SEVENTEENTH	243,255	19,460	1,946
EIGHTEENTH	258,769	20,702	2,070
NINETEENTH	342,995	27,440	2,744
TWENTIETH	296,574	23,726	2,373
TWENTY-FIRST	252,206	20,176	2,018
TWENTY-SECOND	345,224	27,618	2,762
TWENTY-THIRD	236,361	18,909	1,891
TWENTY-FOURTH	387,510	31,001	3,100
TWENTY-FIFTH	260,760	20,861	2,086
TOTAL	8,460,133	676,811	67,683